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At Last…An Anti-Defamation Organization for Black Women and Girls…ONLY.

April 3, 2017 | Christelyn Karazin |

If you haven’t heard about this history-making event yet, just wait. In a year, you may see news segments about it on CNN, featured articles in the New York Times, and spots on all the top women’s blogs about a new organization on the horizon that FINALLY makes the needs, interests, and advocacy of black women and girls a priority. After literally decades of fighting for everyone else and feeling utterly helpless at the onslaught of hate, disrespect, dismissal, and distain we’ve endured, it’s time for us to focus on US.

In fact, there was so much enthusiasm for this idea, that we were able to raise nearly $5000 of the $10,000 goal to kickstart the organization in only three days.

The Goal:

I want to start a not-for-profit organization that will contribute to the aims of helping Black women defend themseves against these relentless attacks, arming them with knowledge to ACT. I need your help to get this off the ground.

The Mission:

1. To stop the defamation of Black women and girls, securing justice and fair treatment girls and women worldwide.

2. To empower women with the tools to defend themselves against defamation, harassment, bullying/intimidation online and in all walks of life and all fields of human endeavor.

3. To combat negative propaganda in the media and in society at large against Black women.

4. To arm Black women with the tools to defend themselves from malicious ideological attacks against their reputation and well being from multiple sources.

5. To strengthen legal protections for Black women and girls.

IMMEDIATE PRIORITY for Funding:
1. The establishment of a 501(c)(3) which is the most common type of US tax-exempt nonprofit organization which is exempt from federal income tax for a cause such as ours.

2. Securing dedicated lawyers ON RETAINER (and/or volunteers) to respond to issues affecting Black women and girls when called upon. We will be especially interested in those law professionals well versed in Cyber laws, and law involving not-for-profit organizational management.

Black women have the brillant minds, connections, and resources to make things happen. There is power in numbers, and we have the spending power to make a real impact on public policy affecting Black women and girls. Please join with me as we embark on a HISTORIC journey.

She along with other trusted advisors and concerned Black women in our audiences have come together to form this organization.

Both Christelyn and I are victims of vicious cyber bullying, harsassment, and intimidation from indivdual YouTube bloggers and their followers who perpetuate hate speech against Black women. We want to protect other Black girls and women from the abuse we endured. All because those attackers didn’t like our opinons.

Here’s What We Need from You:

Of course we would be grateful if you donated. Everyone who donates toward our minimum $10k goal will go on our “Wall of Supporters” on our upcoming web site. If you would like to donate, click here.

Sophia Nelson has started a petition in which the goal is to reach 2k signatures to present to companies and policy makers to urge them into action for the interests related to black girls and women. Please sign the petition (after all, it’s free!) Click here.

We need a name!! A name is EVERYTHING, so help us pick one! All suggestions welcome, so let’s get to it in the Comments!

No idea for a name (and ultimately it should be something organic agreed upon by the Black Women here), but you’ll have my efforts to help you where I can. Not seeking the limelight either, I just want to be a good soldier in all of this 😀

chest_nut61

I think this is a great idea. But as a WM, I think I’m better off on the sidelines, quietly advocating and supporting. I agree with Mike From Oz that BW are best equipped to come up with a name. 🙂 I don’t know Asia, but I know Chris and I have been following what she’s been doing with Sophia Nelson. I’m sure they, with the help of other BW collectively, can come up with something great. My only word of advice would be that I hope this endeavor is about helping *all* BW regardless of political persuasion. IMHO, too many of these advocacy groups get politicized and end up advocating for one side vs. the other. Defamation of BW should be called out regardless of whether the BW in question is on the left side of the political spectrum, or the right (Condi Rice comes to mind). Just my $0.02.

Nicholas Huzsvai

You have my support in this endeavor as well, even if it just remains donating.

Looking forward to seeing the names you come up with. (Acronyms are fun!)

az

Don’t make it a big tent thing where we focus on everything facing black women. That’s how the mission gets lost. Stick to advocacy and defense. That’s what we need most at this time. I think the name should be simple with the mission in the title:
-Anti-Defamation League of Black Women
-Black Women’s Legal Defense Fund
The emblem, slogan, etc can have other things attached to it (maybe roses and swords) but the name should be easy.

Southern Hospitality

I totally agree.

Hope Stephens

I also agree. Keep it simple and keep the mission crystal clear. This organization will be directly addressing serious matters, so the name needs to be direct and clear as well. Good idea, Az.

Ole’Skool

Advocacy and Webinars in an effort to extend support to BW all over the Globe. We are stronger together. How about the name, “I’m Black and I’m Proud”, {I.B.I.P.}. Nothing fancy, just direct and to the point.

Oaktown Paul

Brilliant idea. Happy to provide legal help.

Southern Hospitality

That is awesome! Thank you for the support!

Christelyn Russell-Karazin

Thank you!!!! We will definitely be in touch!

Kimberley Egonmwan

Interested. Please inbox me.

Lakeshia Scott-Richardson

The same could contain something that pays homage to BW being the beginning. Words like ‘Rise’, or ‘Genesis’, ‘Origin’. I definitely think there are advantages to putting “black’ in the name but there are also advantages to having a more stealthy name.

Asia Simone is a fraud and no one should be giving her a dime. She stole her YouTube posts from the Misogyny Exposed group and she has done nothing but try to pass off the words of hers as her own. Ask yourself if she is a plagiarist and steals the work of other black women and tries to act as if the work of others is her own, how can she be trusted with anyone’s money? Black women are being played by this woman and I would strongly advise you to put your money into other projects with reputable people. You have been warned. She also has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the petition against Tommy Sotomayor and has only attached herself to it in order to make herself seem more credible. She has never written one word of it and she is not a member of Misogyny Exposed. She is a fraud and thief. She certainly should not be in charge of any group that has anything to do with fighting of the defamation of black women when she defames the character of black women herself.

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